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XP Activation issues after format and install

We have a PC with a genuine license for Windows XP Professional. Recently it started asking to be activated even though it had already been activated and has been working fine for the last couple of years.

After doing a format and install on more than one hard drive it asks for activation straight away, not giving the usual number of days to activate, and then after saying it is successfully activated asks you once again to activate. Then we are stuck in a loop of it saying please activate and "already activated" This has now happened to us on 3 Hard Drives.

Does anybody have any idea what we should try next to get the PC working properly?

Naser Gabaj

May be your product key is not valid any more, in order to make sure you are using your own key, use Keyfinder.zip tools to retrieve your key and match it with the one you have, is not then you need to obtain it from Microsoft:

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/ViewKeyXP.htm

Download it from here:
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/zips/kf151.zip

HTH

Naser

mikcanavan

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Thanks for the reply Naser

The license key were using is the 1 on the sticker. And the activation loop doesnt let you get into windows. Just on an update weve now tried a brand new license key and its giving us the same issue

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